Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: الأمير خالد بن بندر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 16 March 1951[citation needed]) is a member of the House of Saud. He served as the president of the General Intelligence and as the governor of the Riyadh Province.[1] He was the first grandson of King Abdulaziz to be the governor of the Riyadh Province. Prince Khalid is also the former deputy defense minister.[2]

Khalid bin Bandar is a high-ranking military personal and commander of the Saudi Arabian Royal Army. He began his military service at the first battalion of the fourth armored brigade.[6] Later he worked as an operations officer in the armored forces command, and then was promoted to deputy commander of it.[6] He served in the G3 armor corps at the Royal Saudi Land Forces (SALF) in the early 1980s.[8] He became a major general in 1997, and was appointed deputy commander of the SALF.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant general in May 2011.[9] Then he served as the commander of the SALF.[10] He served in this post until his appointment as Riyadh governor and was replaced by Eid bin Awadh Al Shalawi as the commander.[11] He made several visits and participated in foreign joint cooperation committees between Saudi Arabia and other countries.[7]

On 14 May 2014, Prince Khalid was appointed deputy defense minister replacing Salman bin Sultan in the post.[14] His deputy, Turki bin Abdullah, was appointed governor of the Riyadh province on the same date.[15]

On 30 June 2014 Prince Khalid was appointed president of the General Intelligence.[16] His term ended on 29 January 2015 when Khalid bin Ali Al Humaidan was appointed to the post.[17] Prince Khalid was made an advisor to King Salman in January 2015.[18]